How-to

Sharing Others’ Posts on your WordPress Website

July 9, 2010

Often you want to share information you find online with your friends or readers but you don’t have the time to write your own article. You also know that it’s important to be a good Internet citizen and not plagerize the works of others. Copying and pasting material from someone else’s blog to use in [...]

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WordPress

My First Post in WordPress 3.0

June 17, 2010

Wow! WordPress 3.0 (a.k.a. “Thelonious”) is now available and it looks like they’ve greatly enhanced an already awesome product. I’ve been thrilled with version 2.92 and Thesis 1.7, but I’ve got to tell you the new Twenty Ten theme from WordPress that “ships” with 3.0 looks really nice. I’m definitely going to check out that [...]

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Social Media

Placebook: Privacy for Location Services

June 14, 2010

Placebook could be a great new service, but you won’t see an actual demo of it in this video. What you will see in this 30 minute interview of founder Michael Rubin is a fascinating update on current and upcoming location-based services. The interview is conducted by blogger, technical evangelist and author, Robert Scoble. Rubin is a [...]

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How-to

Obtaining Your Domain Name

June 12, 2010

So you want your own website, but you’re not sure where to start? I always like to start at the beginning, which in this case is to obtain your domain name. This is the address that people will use to visit your website. Every site has one and you need to have one too. Watch this [...]

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Social Media

Pampers “Hello Baby” iPad App

June 8, 2010

I just learned about this app via someone who shared this video on Johnnette Benkovic’s Facebook page. I immediately downloaded it and was blown away by its awesome images. This inherently pro-life iPad app from Pampers is very well done and even allows you to share your baby’s progress on Facebook. If this doesn’t convince [...]

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Events

Photographing the Atlanta Eucharistic Congress

June 6, 2010

I had the privilege of photographing the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Eucharistic Congress this weekend. No press pass required. I recently purchased a Nikon D90 and I’m just amazed at the quality of the images. Of course there’s a zillion settings, any one of which has the potential to ruin your photos if not set correctly. And then [...]

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Events

Atlanta Eucharistic Congress

June 5, 2010

Christine and I are treating ourselves to a weekend with the Lord and 30,000 other Catholics at this weekend’s Eucharistic Congress in Atlanta. Last night we heard Catholic recording artist Matt Maher play at the youth track, as well as Fr. Leo Patalinghug’s energetic talk. We also stopped in at the healing Mass that was [...]

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ParishGeeks

Our New Logo!

May 24, 2010

We wanted our logo to be something simple, yet distinctive. I think it’s a fun logo and it conveys the geeky Catholic spirit of our endeavor. We’re all about helping Catholics understand how to use the Internet to inform & engage your parish community, as well as to evangelize larger local and global communities. We’re [...]

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Social Media

Social networks key to reaching young people, USCCB official says

May 8, 2010

Homepage of the Vatican’s Web site for young people. (CNS/Vatican) By John Thavis Catholic News Service ROME (CNS) — Social networks and other interactive media challenge traditional church models of communication but offer unprecedented evangelizing opportunities, a leading U.S. Catholic communications official said. “In some ways, we are returning to the pre-printing press means of [...]

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